My Quick Take on Quicktate (Convenient Transcription Has Finally Arrived)
It is rare that I get so excited about a new service I feel compelled to grab a pen mic smartphone and blog about it. But today it just happened: the service I’m going to talk about is Quicktate. For background, let me just come clear and admit that I’m a really lousy typist and […]

Nuance Follow-up: Can Customer Service Get Any Dumber?
Well, this might just be a day for a showcase of dumbness ….I was about to put my money where my mouth is, getting ready to buy Dragon Naturally Speaking 11 when I got a bit suspicious… they don’t display availability, and this product is just for pre-order @ Amazon. Oh, well, that’s what Support […]

Tied Up? Dragon Naturally Speaking Comes to Rescue… or Not?
Nuance released version 11 of Dragon Naturally Speaking, their voice recognition / dictation software. Below is a rather unusual review by David Pogue of The New York Times: On a more serious note – I’m a really poor typist, my blogging is hampered by the slowness of typing, and there are all those situations when […]

Predictions for 2010: Chris Selland’s List
I’ll admit it – I love ‘holiday prediction’ time. It gives us all a chance to reflect on the year past and think about what’s going to happen in the year ahead. 2009 has been a tough year although we do seem (despite the Dubai woes which are literally taking place as I write this…) […]